new dorkbots season starts tonight
by Greg on Sep.02, 2009, under Science Life
The 22.98977th dorkbot-nyc meeting will take place at 7pm on Wednesday,
September 2nd, 2009 at Location One in SoHo.The meeting is free and open to the public. Please bring snacks to
share. YUMMM.We’re always looking for (and playing) more dorkbot theme songs! Bring
or email one and we’ll play it at the meeting.+++++++
Featuring the silvery and highly reactive:
Gaelen Hadlett: Electric Home Ec
While lending a hand at a couple local elementary schools, I work with
kids on all sorts of projects involving engineering, science, and
programming mixed in with everyday arts and crafts. I’ll share
highlights and missteps of past projects and the kids’ responses to the
advanced subject matter.
http://www.sunsetspark.orgHye Yeon Nam: The Sound of Kiss
The Sound of Kiss facilitates an amorous ambience in which couples
digitize their love while kissing. One wears a headset and the other’s
tongue is affixed to a magnet. When they kiss, the magnet and the
electro-magnetic sensor interact to create spontaneous music. The
musical composition depends on how far one’s tongue is away from the
other’s lips/tongue and their style of action.
http://www.hynam.org/HY/sou.htmlBen Woodeson: The Health and safety Violations Trained in Glasgow,
Scotland, Ben Woodeson now lives in London, England. His practice
revolves around absurd and quietly confrontational sculptures; the works
set out to challenge the viewer and the exhibiting institution in a
playful kind of art chicken. Since December 2008 he has been working on
a new series of “deliberately dangerous” works entitled “The Health and
safety Violations” and as part of Location One’s Virtual Residency
programme he has been collaborating with the artist Ursula Endleicher,
they have never met but will spend the last week before the exhibition
opens on 9/9 finalizing works together. He has shown throughout Europe,
Canada, and America and he has an upcoming solo show at Electrohype in
Malmo, Sweden.
http://www.woodeson.co.uk
http://vres.location1.org
http://www.electrohype.org
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